The Pratirodh Bureau has released a documentary film ‘PARTITION REVISITED‘ based on the Rudrapur riot of 2nd Oct, 2011, wherein four persons were killed. Policemen & mobs led by leaders of the BJP, Congress & BSP had ransacked shops and settlements of Muslims in their…

So much for a state government that listens to its people Environmentalists and locals who are in the forefront of the anti-dam agitation in Agustmuni continue to be harassed by the government machinery, members of the Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Andolan (UNBA) have charged. “As if…

Tribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus between powerful landlords and the government machinery. Puja Awasthi reports. 13 August 2011 (India Together) – One morning the pond named Haldubala was gone.…

Tribune News Service Dehradun, March 1, 2011 Several public welfare organisations will lay a siege to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s residence on March 23 in protest against usurping of the rights of people over land and water by hydro-project companies. These organisations have got a…

Activists Arrested Protesting against Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung Hydroelectric Projects Mandakini River is boiling Release from Matu People’s Organization Citizens familiar with the situation in Uttarakhand would know of the demonstrations and protests against the Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung projects that have been going on for many…

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: January 31, 2011 10:33 IST Khatima (Uttarakhand): India may have taken strides in developments, but even today, high in the mountains of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, women are employed to lift human excreta on their head. For years, Lakshmi has been doing this…

Umesh Dewan Tribune News Service, Dehradun, May 30 After spending two years in jail on the charges of being a Naxalite, Binayak Sen is a happy man today, as the Apex Court had issued orders granting him bail. But, in Uttarakhand, Parshant Rahi, a former…

Uttarakhand Solidarity Network urges the state government to halt its persecution of respected journalist Prashant Rahi and others who are only reporting the plight of the people in the state. It’s also interesting how India will now deal with the Republic of Nepal with the…

Away from the pseudo-activism of the Bollywood glitterati, a young assistant director of Taare Zameen Par fights for her father, who is under arrest on charges of being a Naxalite commander. Rahul Pandita reports. Rahul Pandit Sunday Indian, April 6, 2008 Aamir Khan has probably…

The following article is a must read for anyone attempting to grapple with the current political scene in Uttarakhand state. Under the phantom Maoist threat, the situation of civil liberties is growing worrisome in Uttarakhand. As the fire sale of the state’s natural assets dispossess…